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δῶρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δῶρον δώρου

Structure: δωρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: di/dwmi

Sense

  1. gift
  2. hand's width

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα
Genitive δώρου δώροιν δώρων
Dative δώρῳ δώροιν δώροις
Accusative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα
Vocative δῶρον δώρω δῶρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὃσ μὲν γάρ κεν ἀνὴρ ἐθέλων, ὅ γε, κεἰ μέγα δοίη, χαίρει τῷ δώρῳ καὶ τέρπεται ὃν κατὰ θυμόν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 40:7)
  • Μακρὸν ἂν εἰή διηγήσασθαι, ὅπωσ μὲν ἥσθη ὁ Σόλων τῷ δώρῳ, οἱᾶ δὲ εἶπεν, ὡσ δὲ τὸ λοιπὸν συνῆσαν, ὁ μὲν παιδεύων καὶ διδάσκων τὰ κάλλιστα, ὁ Σόλων, καὶ φίλον ἅπασι ποιῶν τὸν Ἀνάχαρσιν καὶ προσάγων τοῖσ Ελλήνων καλοῖσ καὶ πάντα τρόπον ἐπιμελούμενοσ, ὅπωσ ἥδιστα διατρίψῃ ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, ὁ δὲ τεθηπὼσ τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ μηδὲ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἑκὼν εἶναι ἀπολειπόμενοσ. (Lucian, Scytha 16:1)
  • ἦ μεγάλα χάρισ δώρῳ σὺν ὀλίγῳ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 9)
  • ἐσ Δανάην ἔρρευσασ, Ὀλύμπιε, χρυσόσ, ἵν’ ἡ παῖσ ὡσ δώρῳ πεισθῇ, μὴ τρέσῃ ὡσ Κρονίδην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 331)
  • ὁ δὲ λαβὼν ἐχάρη τῷ δώρῳ καὶ ἐχρῆτο· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. gift

  2. hand's width

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